Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-07-31

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jul 31
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
338 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 218▲ 338 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 41▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 41▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady, steer calves steady to 1.00 higher, bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.53/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$136.53
105 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.00
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511138.7570956
Medium and Large 2461135.5262544
Medium and Large 3479120.575785thin
One grade step is worth $18.18/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale105 hd
136.53
—
GA average15 barns · 1,079 hd
133.53
+3.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,42595.001,3541thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62367.501,0962thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26061.2577213
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05149.3251816

Every lot

38 lots · USDA AMS · Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1283156.20/cwt153.00–158.004426
Steers—Medium and Large 2337149.26/cwt145.00–150.005036
Steers—Medium and Large 1374151.13/cwt150.00–152.005657
Steers—Medium and Large 2397144.43/cwt144.00–145.005737
Steers—Medium and Large 1415143.50/cwt141.00–146.005962
Steers—Medium and Large 2428137.13/cwt130.00–140.0058716
Steers—Medium and Large 1469143.30/cwt140.00–145.006728
Steers—Medium and Large 3479120.57/cwt120.00–123.005785
Steers—Medium and Large 2528124.17/cwt121.00–128.006565
Steers—Medium and Large 1568135.07/cwt130.00–140.0076725
Steers—Medium and Large 2588125.48/cwt125.00–127.007386
Steers—Medium and Large 2616122.16/cwt118.00–126.007534
Steers—Medium and Large 1689120.59/cwt118.00–125.008318
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3283129.49/cwt129.00–130.003662
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327121.78/cwt120.00–124.003985
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374122.04/cwt115.00–125.004566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405123.03/cwt122.00–126.004984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429116.32/cwt110.00–120.0049920
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464116.23/cwt112.00–119.0053932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523113.16/cwt110.00–118.0059210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1551122.50/cwt121.00–124.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558118.10/cwt115.00–119.006599
Heifers—Medium and Large 2672105.61/cwt100.00–109.007103
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430132.26/cwt129.00–138.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475113.48/cwt112.00–115.005392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2489121.51/cwt120.00–126.0059411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2532117.35/cwt115.00–121.006245
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578118.66/cwt117.00–121.006866
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628113.49/cwt112.00–115.007132
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,42595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3541
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03043.33/cwt39.00–46.004465
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06052.04/cwt49.00–55.0055211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25052.88/cwt50.00–56.006614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26564.97/cwt61.00–68.008229
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62367.50/cwt67.00–68.001,0962
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02668.41/cwt63.00–73.007024
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10771.16/cwt60.00–79.007883
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14069.13/cwt66.00–75.007885

This sale against other markets

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.